The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 21, 1939, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 59 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West West Citizen VOLUME LX. No. 224. Che Kry THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939 Issue Difficulties In Court Settlement * Broad front has been made to correct the chaotic con- Florida county road ues, which developed in id July because of rulings ' 3oard of Administration | ing a decision of the Flor- ; Court involving! of refunding | unexchanged ! eriginal bondholders to fun held by the Board of Admini: tration composed of Governor} Cone Treasurer Knott and Comptroller Lee. W. J. Meredith, James G. Mart-! and A. R. Ohmart, a_ bond- ccmmittee representing of R. E. Crummer & Com- of Orlando, obtained from al Judge Alexander Aker- a temporary injunction re- ning Board of Administration g any funds of twenty-° units in fourteen coun- tie: ropriated to the payment of debt service charges on re- funding bonds for the payment of principal on unex- changed original bonds. Robert J. Pleus, Orlando attorney, rep- resented the petitioners. These sume creditors also ob- tained from Judge Akerman a! permanent injunction restraining . the Board of Administration from using refunding interest and sink- ing funds of DeSoto and Char- otte Counties for the payment of interest and’ principal on orig- nal unexchanged bonds. This latter order is of importance be- the suit in which the tem- porary injunction was_ granted, which has a more or less general je effec Charlotte and DeSoto ” thus indicating that in due course the temporary (Continued on Page Four) move dition of bond is June a of the follow ida conflicting claims de Supreme bo: rs and in holders cli fron fi nterest or caus cases, By STAFF CORRESPONDENT One characteristic of the Over- eas Highway Commission meet- | ing at Marathon yesterday is that there semeed to be a trend to- ward covperation of the two war- forces in the Commission. that big guns have been b ght to bear on both sides, it appears that the fighting is over and that the result is not an ab- lute victory for either side. For B. M. Duncan is no longer; general manager of the District, but Ed Neff is; and Attorney Paul Marks is no longer attorney for the District. Just what prompted the two firings, what orders from higher sources, what! ts from Key West sources, | requests from upstate sourc- not a matter for opinion writer. It appears merely M. Duncan and Paul ks are no longer in the circle. Mr. Duncan as yet a't said what else he will do. | SPECIAL! SPECIAL! Friday, Saturday, Sunday PINEAPPLE LAYER and PRUNELLA LAYER CAKES Fae 33¢ Malone Brothers Bakery | was present for a short time. at voted to make the toll charges. a ithe meeting and told the Com-jthe same as they were before, ‘mission he approved of an inves-' 812 Fleming St—Phone 818 s patterned aft- | s Harmonious Settle (uestion IS Seen As Result Of Bie, Board Meeting Yesterd PLAN TO CRUISE AGAIN IN SEARCH OF SUNKEN SHIPS TO USE CONVERTED COAST GUARD CUTTER ALBEE; VOYAGE LAST YEAR IN- TERRUPTED HERE TAMPA, Sept. 21 (FNS). Plans are being made for another cruise of the converted Coast Guard cutter Albee into the shoal waters along the Florida coast and possibly into the sub- marine-infeste waters of the Carribean in search of wr | worth salvaging, it has been re- vealed here. « In addition, underwater pi tures may be taken if an &xperi- enced underwater photographer can be found. The expedition will be in charge of P. W. DuMez, Tampa newspaperman, and Capt. R. A. Phraner of the Albee. A previous cruise, directed by Capt. Robert -Hall of Detroit, Teached key.West but broke up because of the approaching hur- ricane season. The State Depart- ment at Washington has been asked what the status of such an expedition would be in view of the European war, and the re- cent neutrality proclamation. Be- cause of the war, the passenger list on the cruise has been: re- ricted to men alone. It is ex- pected national authorities on various phases of natural life in Florida and Carribean waters will join in the cruise. ; MR. SEEL WORKED ON PLANS ment Of Bridge ‘ONLY ONE. WEEK County Road Bond | | | | | | | i (REUBEN JAMES, | STILL ANOTHER - LEFT’ TO FILE TAX OBJECTIONS, DESTROYER, HERE | | “TON THIS MORNING: PART OF THREE-SHIP UNIT. PA. TROLLING COAST WATERS |BOOKS WILL CLOSE SEPTEM- BER 28; NO OBJECTIONS TO} BE ALLOWED AFTER THAT | DATE | | { | _ i | | City Clerk Archie Roberts cail-| Destroyer Reuben James arriv- jed The Citizen's attention to the 4 at 8 ojtlock this morning, com |fact that time is fast drawing to 5: pac ea Lieut-Comdr ae ja close when home-owners-may; ‘The James is out of Norfolk, | file objections to the 1939 pre-;Va., and is tied up alongside the jliminary tax roll now on display | Claxton at Pier B in the Naval jin the office of Tax Assessor | Station, sith ie eecl ies ote ot 4 Collector Sam a See 'ficers and 100 men.‘ Shore leave | Mr. Pinder's office-is open from ‘has been granted part of the crew |9:00 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from today and will be given during {2 to 5 p.m. each weekday. levery day in port. Deadline date is September 28,/ The vessel is here as part of | which will terminate the two- the coast patrol operations order- | weeks’ objection-filing period al- oe Maa BEEN ete jlewed by the City Council, -- lowing which date no further ob- UY, OF C. ELECTION jjections wlil be allowed. 3 | Counci! meets nightly after that | FOR TOMORROW date to hear all claims filed and! HD pass final judgment. j Sie ‘SEELS SAY THEY WILL COME BACK’ |PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT | BOX OPEN UNTIL 7:30 P, M. TOMORROW Chamber of Commerce is to- day clearing the decks for its annual primary election meeting, which will be held tomorrow jmight. The ballot box will be open until 7:30 o’clock but the !office will be opened before that. ‘hour. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seel, of; Jn an advertisement appearing Philadelphia, Pa., who had been: in The Citizen of today, the jenjoying a delightful stay in Key | members are invited to attend | West securing a number of in-: this meeting and any _ member jferesting photographs and mov-|who has not deposited his ballot ‘ing picture scenes, left on thejcan do so any time today or ‘to- morning bus for their home. morrow up to the time when: | Mr, Seel wasene of >the the ballot box is Closed. jmechanical engineering /drafts-; It was stated this morning at men who worked on the plans of|the chamber oifices that the ‘the Lighthouse Tender, Zinnia,| membership of the organization and was disappointed. in not see- desires to thanx all. citizens and ing the vessel since it has been j officials who:‘have ‘been’ instru- |placed in commission. Since his;mental in’ so promptly bringing arrival here the Zinnia has been about the requested excursion away, from port. j \* irate over the Overseas Road and Before they left; Mr. andiMrs. 'roll Bridges and regards this as Seel told The Citizen that their ‘the first ripple of improved busi- i OF TENDER ZINNIA; LEFT TODAY visit had been ‘very. delightful ness conditions, which may be | and of such experience that, they’ will return ‘on. |to the city at a later date. SERIE TAS SLL Ra iJAYCEES TO ASK COUNCIL UNDER NEW CHARTER City Council will hold a regu- lar meeting tomght in Council chamber at the City Hall. Rou- itine matters will be discussed and jacted upon, according to clerk {Archie Roberts. Members of the local Junior Chamber of Commerce organiza- tion are scheduled to make an }appearance before the council to Chairman John Slade, before the meeting told The Citizen rep- resentative that he greatly appre- ciated the tone of editorials ap- pearing in this paper during the controversy. The editorials stat- ed that the people here were against the contemplated hike in toll rates and that the , people wanted an early settlement of the controversy in the Commis- sion, which resulted in “unpleas- ant and harmful publicity”. In this connection, during the meeting, to quote from the minu- tes “Mr. Kennedy made a motion this board invite Mr. G. A. Wor- ley, State’s Attorney for Dade and Monroe County, to investi- gate the actions of this Board in any fashion, shape or form that! he may see fit to, because of the fact that it was insinuated in The Miami -Herald that the ex-attor- ney intended to try to use his in- fluence to call a Grand Jury in- vestigation, and it is the con- sensus of opinion of this Board, in order to clear their names and keep vile and nefarious and ob- noxious insinuations from ex- employesjof this Board from stul- tifying the character and names of this“Board, Mr. Worley make such an investigation”. Mr. Duncan, former manager, 3 inquire into the new charter ques- |tigation as the Commission had | tion. This move was decided upon been investigated by nearly every |at the supper-meeting held last \other group in the state. jFriday. The council will be ask- | Facing chairman John Slade,;ed why the city isn’t functioning | however, isa quo warranto writ /under the new instrument as its delivered by Harry Gwynn, Keys legality was affirmed by property owner, in Judge Worth |city attorney. Trammell’s office; whereby Mr. | NOTICE Slade must show! by what eause | he holds two “state” offices. He must answer this writ in Miami} Due to YOM-KIPPER, Jewish ,before October 3.- Mr. Slade has’ Holiday, Dry Goods and Clothing contended that legally he does! Stores in Key West will close all not hold two state jobs. Marks,|day Saturday. Sept. 23—to re- who is Gwynn’s ‘attorney, told; Saturday evening. The Citizen that he will continue | ua .. Bd to press the matter in spite of the fact that the meeting yester- ; ‘day ended in a*yery friendly! ATTENTION! ‘tone. : Commissioner Albury included ! Members of the Chamber of Commerce a statement in the minutes dur- } ing the meeting ‘yesterday, stat-' PRIMARY ELECTION MEETING ‘ing that he did ‘not approve of Friday, September 22 Chairman Slade’s action in ap-j | pointing Neff as temporary mana- | POLLS CLOSE AT 7:30 P. M. ger without ¢onsulting the Board. In_ the resolution. Albury also! |pointed out that it was his belief | action was taken on the state- Hf you have net ¥ ment: or bring your bal- | Encouraging also were two)| lots in, ‘that future meetings should be! held in Key West and that the, other points. The Commission ATTEND THE MEETING Board needed an attorney. No! (Continued on Page Four) outstanding novel expected during the. coming. sea- | MEET TONIGHT, ' WHY CITY ISN'T OPERATING | the; President Asks Congress To PRICE FIVE CENTS Repeal Present Arms Embargo ; At the special meeting of the ' Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- ;sion held at Key West September } 19, there was unanimously passed a resolution which was this {morning mailed out to the Recon- ‘struction Finance Corporation, jthe Public Works Administration and the Works Projects Adminis- tration. The resolution was as follows: “Whereas the need of water on the Florida Keys and in Key West is very acute, and “Whereas the Aqueduct Com- mission is both unfamiliar with Federal procedure and remote from the national capitol, and “Whereas, the Aqueduct Com- mission wishes to be guided in its actions by the recommendations of the Reconstruction Finance LAST CHECK SHOWS ‘$3150 IN PERMIT TWO $1,000 REPAIR JOBS RE- PORTED: CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY NOTED Permits for repairs to buildings in the city of Key West in the second period of the month of September as issued from build- jing inspector Harry M. Baker's talling $3,150. General fepdirs to, the. frame , two-story.” business. building, at jIt is owned by Joseph Russell. General repairs to the Rock | House, two-story residence at the corner of Reynolds and South jsireets, owned by H. B. Herrick, |will also cost $1,000. Other permits: Repairs to business building at 4528 Fleming street. Owner, Fe- {lipe Carbonell; cost, $500. Repairs to porch of frame two- story residence at the corner of Pearl and Albury streets. Own- er, J. Hyman; cost, $300. Paint business building at the jcorner of Fleming and Duval ‘streets. Owner, S. H. Kress Co.; cost, $250. Repairs to porch of frame two- story residence at 615 Caroline street. jcost, $100. Repairs to kitchen of concrete two-story .residence at 1211 South street. Owner, P. B. Rob- erts; cost, $100. General repairs to frame one jand a-half story residence at 420 |Elizabeth street. Owner, J. W. } ! Pinder; cost, $100. VISITORS ENROUTE HOME Mrs. Earl Heflin and son, James, {who had been visiting as the ‘guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kel- jly on Francis street for the past six weeks, left over the highway other visitor, Alger Heflin, who jhad been visiting for three weeks | ‘all bound for their homes in Baltimore. { | PLEDGED TO SORORITY | Miss. Anita Berkowitz, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. M.-E. Ber- kowitz of this city, is one of 161 girls pledged by fifteen national ;Sororities at Florida State Col- jlege this week. Miss Anita was }Pledged to Delta Phi Epsilon. eT |GOLFERS’ DANCE | TONIGHT i office consist of eight items to-| 506 Greene street will cost $1,000. | Owner, Frank H. Ladd;| jyesterday, accompanied by an-| Aqueduct Commission Paves ‘Way For New Water Effort Corporation, the Public’ Works Administration and the’ Works Projects Administration, we ‘Therefore indicate herewith that we will be willing upon re- ;quest of such agencies, to pass any reasonable and proper resolu- tions for the furtherance of the | purposes for which the commis- sion was established, by Chapter 18530 of the Laws of Florida, | 1937”, and | “Whereas the board of County Commissioners of Monroe county, | Florida, is thoroughly in accord {with the action of the said Flor- lida Keys Aqueduct Commission and desire to assist in obtaining |an adequate water supply for the Florida Keys and Key West, and “Whereas, it is the sense of this jboard that all necessary action ; should be taken by this board in jorder to facilitate the furtherance lof the purposes for which the |Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- jsion was established, now, there- | fore, | “Be It Resolved by the Board jof County Commissioners of |Monroe County, Florida, in spe- jciay session “duly assembled, that |this board does ratify and ap- | prove the Resolution of the Fior- \ida Keys Aqueduct Commission quoted in the preambles hereof. “Be it further resolved that this board places itself upon rec- ord as being willing, upon. the recommendations and requests of the Reconstruction. Finance Cor- | poration, the Public Works Ad- ministration and the Works Proj- ects Administration, or any other agency or agencies of the Federal government assisting in the | premises, to pass any and all rea- sonable and ‘proper resolutions for the furtherance of the pur- poses for which the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission was estab- lished by’Chapter 18530 of the laws of Florida, 1937. “Adopted at a special meeting jof the Board of County Commis- sioners, held this 19th day of September; A.D., 1939”. | Immediately after the meeting of the Aqueduct Commission, the county commissioners held their | meeting and the resolutions were 'prepared and this morning were | officially signed in the; office of| the clerk, by Clerk Ross ©. Saw- yer and sent this afterndo@ to the agencies mentioned in the reso- | lutions. (CHIEF IVAN ELWOOD ‘SEEKS REELECTION 'TO SAME POSITION |FORMALLY ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY TODAY: 18 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT Ivan Elwood is, in this issue of The Citizen, announcing as a |eandidate for re-electign to the loffice of Chief of Police. Chief Elwood, who has had 18 years’ experience as a law en- forcement officer, said that he |has no promises to make but is {offering himself for re-election on jhis record as head of the Key West police department. | “I am simply the chief of po- |lice and in charge of the men who are appointed to the police force by the mayor. I feel that imy office has been conducted lin an efficient manner and at no (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—Speaking to a joint ses+ ‘sion of Congress today at 2 o’clock, President Franklin | Roosevelt advocated repeal of the arms embargo saying that “the world will be more at peace than as it stands itoday.” “American ships will keep away from foreign zones,” Roosevelt added. “We are here today to do everything to preserve the ; neutrality and integrity of our country which will at the same time keep us out of war.” “The mantle of peace is wide enough to cover us all,” Roosevelt said in referring to the last bitter fight with Congress to pass a neutrality act which would grant him jgreater power. Speaking of the present neutrality act of 1935, Roose- velt said, “I regret Congress passed that act. I regret I signed the act.” RUMANIAN PREMIER ASSASSINATED BUCHAREST, Sept. 21.—Prime Minister Calineecu of Rumania was assassinated today by members of the Rumanian Fascist Iron Guard. Armand Two other Rumanians close to the premier were also assassinated. The new prime minister was once a member of the Iron Guard, which is:a-Rumanian organization with-Ger- man sympathizers. Rumanian government had been attempting to quell any demonstration recently in order to remain neutral in the present conflict between Germany and the British- French alliance. 3 Pye Russia is reported as disturbed over Nazi:attempts to take over Rumania, but in view of its affiliation with Ger- many it will probably take no action. Germany’ is sorely in need of the type of supplies Rumania has because of the recent British blockade of German borders. London dispatches claimed that the English govern- ment fears that concentration of Nazi troops near the Netherlands and Belgium means that Nazis will shortly seek to overrun those countries, but German Propaganda Minister Goebbels branded the statement as a “British lie.” ‘ LONDON, Sept. 21—English freighter Kensington Post was | sunken bya German submarine today. British planes brought sur-* vivors ashore and were reported to have engaged in a battle with the submarine. WARSAW. Sept. 21.—Germans admit that Polish troops are still fighting in Warsaw and in Southern Poland. Russian troops were praised as performing acts of “mass heroism,” as Russian sol- diers continued marching through Poland. PARIS, Sept. 21.—Six million French and English soldiers are in concentrafion camps and on the western front. British and French planes dot the landscape. French troops. because of their knowledge of the terrain, are baring the brunt of the front fight- ing. German troops and tanks are on their way to the front from the Polish wars. Fighting still consists of minor skirmishes. Reports from Berlin make claims that Germans have taken BOYS’ B. AND NOW |days from 3 to 5 o'clock in the sion that he was impressed with {the ability displayed by some of of the boys’ band of Key West, | Sanization of Key West youths. said this morning that the mem- the band room at the old naval ee 4-DOOR SEDAN ! $389.00—S Days Only! 350,000 Poles prisoners and bulletins from Moscow claim 50,000 # don sib: thanch | afternoon. —_— the students and he believes that Haydn Illingworth, instructor |"¢ has the nucleus of a fine or- bers will assemble for rehearsa] | tomorrow evening 7 o'clock in| 1936 Pl out Mr. Illingworth said that ze fe are attendants NAVARRO, Inc. practice periods, which are held on Mondays and Wednes-